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>>>>> "Rat" == Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

Rat> I cheat:

Rat> I have no inbound MTA on my notebook.  I use fetchmail to download my mail
Rat> spools over an SSH tunnel and dump them into my spool on my notebook.  If
Rat> you have a mechanism that works better for you then by all means use it.

Rat> I use Postfix for my outbound MTA.

Rat> When I am connected to a network, everything just works.

Rat> When I am not connected to a network, Postfix queues up my outgoing mail
Rat> and waits patiently (more or less :) for a network connection, and then
Rat> everything just works.

Won't work.  I can't read and answer my mail *without* my laptop then.

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